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PORTLAND, OR — In what officials are calling a “creative and deeply innovative approach” to the housing crisis, the City of Portland this week unveiled its latest solution: building fully livable, completely affordable homes out of oversized LEGO bricks.
Standing proudly in a quiet Southeast neighborhood, the city’s first prototype features a bright yellow exterior, a bold blue roof, and the structural integrity of something you’re pretty sure you stepped on barefoot in 1998.
City planners say the concept is simple: if traditional housing materials are too expensive, just… don’t use them.
“We asked ourselves, what’s already modular, widely available, and technically stackable?” said one official, gesturing
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